Heat, housing and a man called Taras: Mallorca in 2022
And tourist overcrowding, inflation, shortages and Rafa Nadal.
Balearic government "making the impossible possible"
Francina Armengol's eighth New Year message as president of the Balearics.
Election pledge to ban all home building in Mallorca's countryside
No new residential properties, no new hotels; "we have reached unsustainable limits".
Increase in house prices in Mallorca forecast to be lower next year than in 2022
While prices are falling in some regions, the Balearics isn't one of them.
Balearics - the highest rate of express squatter eviction cases
There were 170 such legal proceedings in the Balearics last year.
"The main economy in the Balearics has become the real-estate business"
"People here won't be able to compete unless regulation is put in place for foreign buyers."
Evicted, owing 68,000 euros rent
There was a rent-to-buy agreement, but this was not carried out in the agreed period.
Balearics wanting to cap rents in "stressed areas"
A problem is that the new national housing law is currently stuck in Congress.
Tourism Minister calls for debate on how to curb sale of Mallorca homes to non-residents
"The Balearics can´t be a theme park where there is no room for people who live here."
Estate agent window in Palma, Mallorca
An allocation of tourist tax revenue to the mortgage guarantee scheme.
Hoteliers opposed to tourist tax revenue for housing
Housing should be funded through the government's general budget.
Estate agent window in Menorca
It is estimated that around 18% of properties in Mallorca would qualify for the mortgage guarantee scheme, as they are valued at under 270,000 euros.
Market intervention needed to limit sales of Mallorca homes to foreign buyers
"There are mechanisms in the free market for when imperfections occur." Overpopulation in the Balearics is an imperfection.
Apartment for sale in Palma, Mallorca
Housing, a "major concern" in the Balearics.
Twenty-five per cent of tourist tax revenue will go on housing policies
The Balearic parliament has approved the proposal.
Podemos call for 70,000 empty homes to be made available for housing
Podemos still want a two-year residency requirement before being able to buy a property.
It takes longer to pay off the mortgage in the Balearics than anywhere else in Spain
Access to housing for the average family is "impossible".
President defends use of tourist tax for Balearic housing
"It is very good that the tourist helps."
Housing development in Mallorca
Housing is a government tourist tax priority.
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